Parents of abducted children in Borno State have given the Federal Government six days to secure their release or face a protest at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The parents and community members from Mussa and Lassa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area issued the ultimatum during a protest in Maiduguri on Monday. The families said…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has permitted former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, to retrieve his international passport for a medical trip outside Nigeria. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik approved the request on Monday after Nnaji’s lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Ogwu Onoja, asked the court to lift the earlier restriction on the…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered a fabricated gun, ammunition and suspected illicit drugs in the state. The suspects were arrested on September 13, 2026, in Obiaruku, by operatives of the command’s Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit (SAKU). Police spokesperson Bright Edafe identified the suspects as Wisdom Enede, Ocheli Solomon, Nnaji…
Three people were killed and several others injured after gunmen opened fire at a busy cash-crop market in Mangu town, Plateau State, on Friday night. The attack occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in Mangu LGA as traders and buyers prepared to close for the day. Residents said the gunfire triggered panic, with traders and passersby…
The body of an unidentified woman was discovered on Thursday morning in a wooded section of the Jos Wildlife Park Forest Reserve, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The woman was found close to a stream at about 9:30am, following a distress alert received by security operatives. According to security sources, the woman’s…
A 29-year-old man, Silas Simon, has been sentenced to four months of non-custodial service for stealing cable wires connected to satellite equipment in Abuja. Simon was sentenced by Chief Magistrate’s Court 4 sitting in Wuse Zone 6 after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The prosecution told the court that Simon admitted cutting and stealing…
Followers of Islamic cleric Sheikh Musa Lukuwa have rejected the 14-member committee set up by the Sokoto State Government to investigate the attack on him at his Mabera mosque. The followers alleged that some members of the panel had previously disagreed with Lukuwa on religious matters and could therefore be biased in handling the investigation….
The Department of State Services (DSS) will on Thursday, September 17, re-arraign five men accused of involvement in the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo State. The suspects are accused of complicity in the May 15 abduction in Oriire Local Government Area and the subsequent killing of two victims. The five men, who are…
Two newly deployed Mobile Police officers have been killed in an ambush in Ayilamo, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The officers were attached to the community and were reportedly travelling to escort the Divisional Police Officer of Ayilamo back from Makurdi when they were attacked. The incident occurred at about 6pm on Monday,…
Troops of the Joint Task Force North West, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, have arrested a suspected drug peddler in Kaduna and rescued two kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. The military said the operations also disrupted an attempt by terrorists to regroup after an attack in Sokoto. The Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, Lieutenant…
